Ferrets like to live in social groups and a group of ferrets is known as a “business”
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Origin: Canada and Mexico
Habitat: Grassy areas and lightly planted forests
Diet: Small prey, mice and rabbit
Lifespan: 10 years.
Average Size: Weight:0.7 kg, Length: 51 cm
Characteristics:
The ferret is a domesticated form of European polecat from the same family as the weasel. They typically have brown, black, white or mixed fur and a long slender body and cone shaped nose. Ferrets often perform a playful “weasel war dance” whereby they hop in a frenzy and bizarre manner and topple over clumsily.
